Reference no: EM133555432
Assignment - Management Case Research and Analysis
Instruction:
Food industry mainly consists of four distinct sectors: the farm service sector, the producer sector, the processor sector and the marketer sector. This assessment requires you to choose one company from a food industry and respond to the following 4 questions. The company can be ideally from small to large or multi-national company from any part of the world.
a) Referring to the company you selected, what two external trends do managers in that company have to deal with? How do you think these trends might constrain decisions made by the managers?
b) Businesses are built on relationship. What two stakeholders do you think might be highly important to this company. What interests might these two stakeholders have?
c) The primary means of sustaining competitive advantage is to adjust faster to the environment than your competitors do. Comparing with other players in the industry, how effective you found the company to be, in using the digital business space to stay competitive in the market? Provide two evidence.
d) How could the company use its organisational design to encourage a learning organization for improvements in sustainability? Discuss from two perspectives.
a) Company background. Provide a summary of the business purpose, context and trade
- what is it and what will it do?
b) Present each question under separate sub-headings
c) Provide title of the report, student full name and student number, subject code and title, and name of teacher
d) Write approximately 2,000 words (+/- 10%). Table of content, executive summary, references and appendices not included in the word limit.
e) Must provide table of content and executive summary
f) Use Calibri 12 point font, 1.5 line spacing
g) Reference carefully using the APA 7 referencing system. Students must use at least 5 academic references, then may use any number of other resources (e.g. industry/company reports).
h) Include an in-text citation when you refer to, summarize, paraphrase, or quote from another source.
i) Start a new paragraph when a new or different point/topic/issue is to be discussed. Avoid using very large paragraphs.
j) Include relevant tables, graphs, and figures (whichever is applicable).
k) Demonstrate ability to present a well written and well-structured report